Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-04-03
TALES TOLD ~ TmE EYEA.
ISt. James Gassf,s.I


Speaking popularity. we may say that
eyes are brown, blue, gray, hazel. black,
green, or of no color at all. The last
three varieties, however, are based on
misnomer. Speaking generally again,
We may say that blue eyes take care Of
their friends. brown Of their enemies.
gray of their countries. black Of their
pleasures and green of themselves.
The blue is certainly the type with the
greatest number OF varieties Ii is u
color that illustrates pre-eminently the
feminine qualities-tendernes affec-
ton, yielding 20 the wishes Of others.
a sympathy with small sutferings, that
measure OF vanity without which no
woman can be entirely attractive, and
that self-surrender which goes far to
persuade "A man that he is a demi-god
because his wife believes il and tells
him 50. The color seems 10 be getting
more rare in these DAYS. This is the
blue that goes with golden hair Blue
eyes must be mated with their appro-
pirate complexion. That color. 50 fas-
cinating in a blonde, is no less delight
full in brunett but, say the scientists,
its meaning is now altered There
comes in now. coupled with the aifeC-
deceive. stimulated hy an ambition for
conquest and leading 10 the gratificA-
ton OF admiration. There remain the
light blue and violet. The first is the
eve of the Northern races-of the
Swedes and the Danes. Of the Scotch
sometimes also. IL suggests eonStancy
and truth. steadlastnesS, simplicity
courage, purpose. II Is = mans eve,
aud aastF -
spect-honest IN the glance il gives
you. Il at the same time rather
cold aud phlegmatic. And then there
is the violet eve. which is = woman 5
eve. and Of which the main character
isticS are affection and purity chivalric
belief, and limited oT deficient intellsc-
tuality
And nov come the brown ewes They
are the ewes OF the South and Of the
East-Of the sunny races, the most
passionate and the least original. and
10 them belong the lustroUs black hair
and the olive complexion ot skin.
With them we get jealousy and cru
city, somewhat OF the feline nature in
women. and in men courage coupled
with superstition, Wild recSieSSneSs
" life and disregard for the suffer
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tered through infinite notifications F;
and there are brown eyes in plenty
that have nothing In common with the
passionate qualities Of the South. This.
Sc least. may De- generally predicatsd
that whcn the brown il light the dispo-
sition Is aflec tiouate but hayward and
as that brown iarkens you pass from
affection 20 passion
Last come the hazel ewes, which are
more frequent IA novels than IN life
No two persons seem quite agreed A.
70 the definition % the color and the
reference a. q haFelnut. which starts
by being green. AMI passes through
yellow t. brown. Coufusingly Illus
iratcS every theory. A blue gray "a
dated from within, With brown and
brnnss strraks, seems - come nearest
the general view. Adopting this as
the Salor. IL will De seen that they are
chiefly found among the mixed races,
and especially the Engilsh and the
Americans. They always suggest a
roo,i deal Of strength q character,
generally a sense ~ mischief and trlcS-
cry Puck probably had hazel eyes
and sometimes that humorous cruelty
which belongs 80 the Anglo-Saxon
race. Hazel-eyei people are rarely
shallow, and you must bc prepares
Tor SURPRISES when YOU have &c deal
with them.